A High-Power Density Segmented Traction Drive Inverter

Gui Jia Su; Jon Wilkins; Lingxiao Xue; Burak Ozpineci; Raj Sahu; Emre Gurpinar

doi:10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361985

A High-Power Density Segmented Traction Drive Inverter

Gui Jia Su, Jon Wilkins, Lingxiao Xue, Burak Ozpineci, Raj Sahu, Emre Gurpinar

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Abstract

High power density is one of the requirements for traction drive inverters for meeting increasing demand for higher power and performance electrical vehicles (EV). This paper presents design and preliminary experimental results for a 100 kW high-power density inverter for EV traction drive applications. The inverter design was based on the segmented inverter topology that can significantly reduce the inverter DC filter capacitor and employs low-profile planar double-side-cooled SiC MOSFET-based power modules, compact mini-channel heat sinks with fin-profile optimized using genetic-algorithms, and high-ripple current capacitors. The design produced a compact inverter package with a total volume less than 1 litter, exceeding the power density goal of 100 kW/L. Preliminary experimental results are included to demonstrate the cooling and electrical performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1825-1830
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350316445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361985
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023 - Nashville, United States Duration: Oct 29 2023 → Nov 2 2023

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Name	2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023

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Conference	2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Nashville
Period	10/29/23 → 11/2/23

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This manuscript has been authored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operated by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

Keywords

SiC MOSFET
double-side cooling
genetic algorithms
high power density inverter
mini-channel heat sink
segmented traction drive

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Su, G. J., Wilkins, J., Xue, L., Ozpineci, B., Sahu, R., & Gurpinar, E. (2023). A High-Power Density Segmented Traction Drive Inverter. In 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023 (pp. 1825-1830). (2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361985

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Su, GJ , Wilkins, J, Xue, L, Ozpineci, B, Sahu, R & Gurpinar, E 2023, A High-Power Density Segmented Traction Drive Inverter. in 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023. 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1825-1830, 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023, Nashville, United States, 10/29/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361985

A High-Power Density Segmented Traction Drive Inverter. / Su, Gui Jia ; Wilkins, Jon; Xue, Lingxiao et al.
2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 1825-1830 (2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2023).

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